Zakaria Edris
# Zakaria Edris

Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd. Edris is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Libaran from May 2018 to November 2022, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a former member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), an official main component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and a former component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition also a former component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He also a former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and later joined BERSATU in 2019 until 2023. In 2023, he officially became the member of Sabah People's Ideas Party (Gagasan Rakyat), the main component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) along with 7 other parties.

## Political career

In the 2018 election, UMNO fielded him to contest the Libaran parliamentary seat, facing a new candidate Irwanshah Mustapa from the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and subsequently won.

## Election results

Parliament of Malaysia :

| Year | Constituency | | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | P184 Libaran, Sabah | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 17,799 | $49.25%^2$ | Irwanshah Mustapa (WARISAN) | 17,121 | $47.37%^2$ | 37,091 | 678 | 77.74% |
| 2018 | P184 Libaran, Sabah | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 17,799 | $49.25%^2$ | Alfian Mansyur (PHRS) | 1,223 | 3.38% | 37,091 | 678 | 77.74% |
| Notes: Table excludes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower. $^2$ Different % used for 2018 election. |||||||||||||

Sabah State Legislative Assembly :

| Year | Constituency | | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | N41 Gum-Gum, P184 Libaran | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 3,679 | 75.70% | | Tan Mui Ling' (keADILan) | 1,181 | 24.30% | 5,069 | 2,498 | 55.26% |
| 2008 | N41 Gum-Gum, P184 Libaran | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |
| 2013 | N41 Gum-Gum, P184 Libaran | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 5,548 | 61.37% | | Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini (PKR) | 3,191 | 35.30% | 9,220 | 2,357 | 78.80% |
| 2013 | N41 Gum-Gum, P184 Libaran | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 5,548 | 61.37% | | Hassan Hami (STAR) | 301 | 3.33% | 9,220 | 2,357 | 78.80% |

## Honours

* Malacca :
   * Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2005)
